Palestinians inspect the site of Wednesday's Israeli strike on a house whose residents were pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate, in Gaza City on Thursday. — Reuters CAIRO, July 30 (Reuters): Talks between mediators and Hamas leaders in Cairo to reach an end to the conflict in Gaza have seen rare progress towards full implementation of a US-brokered Gaza peace plan, sources close to the effort said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Israeli strikes killed at least six Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, including two children, medics said.
A Hamas official and a diplomat close to the Cairo talks said discussions were "positive" and "making progress".
The official said the progress would be tested by Israel's response and whether this allowed a broad accord to be reached.
The diplomat said the negotiations were making progress toward a roadmap that would see all heavy and light weapons in Gaza decommissioned.
Hamas leaders are holding talks with mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, on the second phase of President Donald Trump's Gaza plan, as presented to them by his Board of Peace, which oversees its implementation.
The plan calls for a surge in humanitarian aid, governance by a civilian Palestinian administration, the disarmament of Hamas, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the deployment of an international force to help maintain security.
But progress has stalled in previous months.
HANDOVER OF WEAPONS?
On Thursday, a Hamas official said the group was coming with a "positive and good" response, but did not say whether the group had agreed to fully disarm - a key sticking point in the talks over the past four months.
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